Get an inside view into the hectic life of a sport director. VaiVaiVai! Bruno do you hear me? Pawel and Chris are on their way up to you. Give them bottles when they get closer to the peloton. Stage 9 – kilometer 56. Status: Massive crash during fast start of […]
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Alexander Kristoff takes final sprint victory in Tour of Norway
Team Katusha ended the Tour of Norway 2014 with a very nice victory, taken by its leader Alexander Kristoff, who took the win in the sprint from the leading group in the final stage of the race. – It was a very tough and unpredictable stage. When Paterski and some […]
Tour of Norway Stage 5
Hønefoss, 25th of May – 2014 It was time to launch out on the final and 166 kilometer long fifth stage of Tour of Norway, which was concluded with a rather flat course but with four laps on a slightly hilly 13 kilometer long circuit in Hønefoss. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Jesper Hansen […]
Majka lost and won in Montecampion
Montecampione, 25th of May – 2014 Another grueling mountain stage was on the menu for the Giro d’Italia peloton today. A 205 kilometer flat run before taking on the 20 kilometer long uphill finish in Plan di Montecampione was the recipe for this tasty treat for the climbers and not […]
BMC Racing Team’s Phinney Is U.S. Time Trial Champion
BMC Racing Team’s Taylor Phinney won his second national time trial title in dominant fashion Saturday at the USA Cycling professional road championships. ‘Feeling Good And Feeling Fast’Phinney’s 51-second margin of victory over runner-up Tom Zirbel (Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies) was the largest in the event since […]
Tour of Norway Queen Stage
Lillehammer, 24th of May – 2014 The 4th and penultimate stage of Tour of Norway from Brumunddal to the winter Olympic town of Lillehammer was the queen stage and a mountainous circuit concluded the day and the GC was expected to change. Tinkoff-Saxo’s Edward Beltran had a few good punches […]
Giro d’Italia Stage 14: Poels Guides Uran Through Oropa Fireworks
24-May-2014: Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Wout Poels moved to the front of a group with teammate Maglia Rosa wearer Rigoberto Uran, which was under pressure in the final kilometers after Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R – La Mondiale) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) went on the attack on the […]
Sprinters missed Giro opportunity
Rivarolo, 23rd of May – 2014 The profile and the length of today’s 157 kilometer long 13th stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia from Fossano to Rivarolo Canavese most of all indicated a bunch sprint finish. After yesterday’s consolidation of Rafal Majka’s overall third position, Tinkoff-Saxo were focusing on staying […]
Giro d’Italia Stage 13: OPQS Swarms Uran in Pink, Petacchi Top Finisher
23-May-2014: Three riders out of an original six-rider breakaway made it to the finish line and surprised sprint teams in the 157km flat Stage 13 of Giro d’Italia on Friday. Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team, meanwhile, surrounded Maglia Rosa wearer Rigoberto Uran and made sure he arrived safely with […]
Romero on the Attack Ahead of Surprising Finale
It looked like sprinters’ business, instead Giro d’Italia stage 13, Fossano-Rivarolo Canavese (158 km), last stop ahead of the mountain streak starting tomorrow, ended up in surprising fashion. In fact, three of the day’s escapees got the opportunity to sprint for victory, and Marco Canola (Bardiani) proved fast enough to […]